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Utter) STATES PATENT FFICE.

GEORGE E. ADAMS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BUTTON OR STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,315, dated November14, 1882.

Application filed August 10, 1882. (No model.) f

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. ADAMS, of the city and countyof'Providenoe, in the State of lthode Island, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Buttons or Studs, of which the lollowing is aspecification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to non-separable hinged buttons so constructed thatthe shoe may be turned upon either side of the post.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the button through the line 0, Fig. 2,showing the post attached to the shoe, and the position of the parts.Fig. 2 is an elevation of the button with the shoe turned to a verticalposition upon the post, giving a view of the exterior surface of theattached cap-plate. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the cap-plate, giving aview of the interior of the same. Fig. 4 is a section of the platethrough the lines: 00, Fig. 3, showing the slot or notch designed toreceive the arm or shoulder of the post. Fig. 5 is a side view of thepost, showing the horizontal arms or shoulders projecting from the basethereof.

My invention consists in securing the post to the shoe by means of aperforated or slotted cap-plate or lining, provided with slotted ornotched vertical edges projecting from the inner surface thereof, andwith depressions designed to receive the prongs of the bifurcated postwhen the shoe is turned parallel thereto, as is more fully hereinafterset forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the top of the button; B, theshoe; 0, the post; I), the cap-plate; a and c, the elevations; d, thedepressions; b, the slots cut in the vertieal edges thereof and designedto engage the arms 0 e of the post 0.

The cap-plate, as seen in Fig. 3, is formed by striking or stamping andby removing the central portion of it by a cutter or other means. Asthus formed edges project nearly at right angles with the interior orconcave surface between the depression s and elevations. In two of theedges the slots 1) b are cut. The arms ee are engaged therein bysecuring the plate to the shoe. A flat spring, E, of steel or othermetal, preferably of greater length than width, is placed acrosstheinterior of the shoe. The base or horizontal portion of the postisplaced thereon, and secured by fastening the lining to the shoe, whichmay be done by turning the edge of the shoe over upon the edge of theplate. If the spring is of greater length than width it is preferablyplaced in the shoe at right angles with the base of the post, thusfacilitating the turning of the shoe. The shoe is kept in position bythe upward pressure of the spring. When the post is secured as above setforth the upper surface of the base thereof is beneath the upper surfaceof the surrounding elevations, whether the shoe is in a vertical orhorizontal position; and when the shoe is turned parallel with the postthe prongs thereof rest in the depressions d (1, whereby a smoothsurface is secured, and the shoulder or other projections usually foundin buttons of this description, and which hinders the insertion of thebutton in a end, is eliminated.

The parts of this button are few and easily formed, and the constructionis simple.

I claim as anovel and useful invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent- 1. A sleeve-button composed of a top having a post rigidlysecured thereto, said post being provided with suitable pivots, a hingedshoe inclosing a spring adapted to bear against the end of said post,and a perforated cap-plate having oppositely-located elevations, withdepressions formed in the angles thereof, and vertical edges turneddownward from the inner or concave surfaces of such elevation, saidedges being provided with notches designed to engage with the pivotsofthe post, all substantially as shown and described.

2. In a sleeve button or stud, the combination of the top A, slottedpost 0, having arms 6 c, the hinged shoe B, spring E, and perforatedcap-plate D, having oppositely-located elevations a a and c c, anddepressions d, 10- catedin the angles formed by said elevations, andvertical edges provided with notches b b for engaging with the post,substantially as shown and described.

' GEORGE E. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM S. GODFREY, IRVING OHAMPLIN.

